Prevalence and Etiological Distribution of Midline Diastema- An Institutional Study
Introduction: The space between two central incisors is called diastema. It is aesthetically very unpleasant to the patients. Besides, this it may be a sign of underlying pathology. So proper research about diastema is necessary. This study has been carried out in Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hos...
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The space between two central incisors is called diastema. It is aesthetically very unpleasant to the patients. Besides, this it may be a sign of underlying pathology. So proper research about diastema is necessary. This study has been carried out in Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital as no such study has been conducted in Eastern India so far.
Materials and Methods:
1000 samples were taken randomly (500 males and 500 females) from the OPD of Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital to calculate prevalence of diastema, its male female variation, location and etiological distribution. Clinical and radiological examination has been done. Data were calculated and statistically analyzed.
Results:
The Prevalence of midline diastema was found to be 5.9%. Prevalence in males is 4.4% and in females is 7.4%. It is present bi-dentally in 49.15%, in maxilla 38.98% and mandible 11.86%. The various etiologies are habits (28.81%), dentoalveolar disproportion (23.72%), high frenal attachments (18.64%), missing laterals (11.86%), microdontia (11.86%), supernumerary tooth (5.08%), etc. There was no statistically significant gender variation among etiologies.
Conclusions:
Females are having more diastema than males. It is more common in bi dentally. Habit is the most common causes of midline diastema. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7fe3506351b746d6bdfb7d479f02bdc82025-08-20T03:31:31ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences0976-48790975-74062025-06-0117Suppl 2S1301S130310.4103/jpbs.jpbs_1921_24Prevalence and Etiological Distribution of Midline Diastema- An Institutional StudySutanu ModakPartha Pratim ChoudhurySrikrishna ChattarajEkta LahotiSnigdha Mondal ChowdhurySubhasis SheetIntroduction: The space between two central incisors is called diastema. It is aesthetically very unpleasant to the patients. Besides, this it may be a sign of underlying pathology. So proper research about diastema is necessary. This study has been carried out in Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital as no such study has been conducted in Eastern India so far. Materials and Methods: 1000 samples were taken randomly (500 males and 500 females) from the OPD of Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital to calculate prevalence of diastema, its male female variation, location and etiological distribution. Clinical and radiological examination has been done. Data were calculated and statistically analyzed. Results: The Prevalence of midline diastema was found to be 5.9%. Prevalence in males is 4.4% and in females is 7.4%. It is present bi-dentally in 49.15%, in maxilla 38.98% and mandible 11.86%. The various etiologies are habits (28.81%), dentoalveolar disproportion (23.72%), high frenal attachments (18.64%), missing laterals (11.86%), microdontia (11.86%), supernumerary tooth (5.08%), etc. There was no statistically significant gender variation among etiologies. Conclusions: Females are having more diastema than males. It is more common in bi dentally. Habit is the most common causes of midline diastema.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_1921_24dento-alveolar disproportionhigh labial frenummesiodensmidline diastemaoral habitspeg laterals |
| spellingShingle | Sutanu Modak Partha Pratim Choudhury Srikrishna Chattaraj Ekta Lahoti Snigdha Mondal Chowdhury Subhasis Sheet Prevalence and Etiological Distribution of Midline Diastema- An Institutional Study Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences dento-alveolar disproportion high labial frenum mesiodens midline diastema oral habits peg laterals |
| title | Prevalence and Etiological Distribution of Midline Diastema- An Institutional Study |
| title_full | Prevalence and Etiological Distribution of Midline Diastema- An Institutional Study |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence and Etiological Distribution of Midline Diastema- An Institutional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and Etiological Distribution of Midline Diastema- An Institutional Study |
| title_short | Prevalence and Etiological Distribution of Midline Diastema- An Institutional Study |
| title_sort | prevalence and etiological distribution of midline diastema an institutional study |
| topic | dento-alveolar disproportion high labial frenum mesiodens midline diastema oral habits peg laterals |
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